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Brittney McNamara

Features Director

Brittney McNamara is an award-winning journalist who has been reporting on health issues, including mental health, reproductive rights, sexual assault and LGBTQ+ identity since 2014. In her current role as the features director at Teen Vogue, McNamara investigated the #MeToo movement on college campuses; reported on abortion access under the Trump administration; explored how incarceration impacts the mental health of young people; and published a series on various health issues, including bullying and vaccination. Prior to Teen Vogue, McNamara was a newspaper reporter in Massachusetts.

Sexual Health + Identity

Texas’s Required Booklet on Abortion Is Seriously Scary

And full of lies.
Sexual Health + Identity

This Is the FIRST Country in Europe to Ban Conversion Therapy

Setting a great example.
Health

14 High Schoolers Were Hospitalized After Eating Laced GUMMY BEARS

What?!
Health

A 21-Year-Old Woke Up With a Neck Ache — and Ended the Day Paralyzed

This is terrifying.
Mental Health

A New Study Found That 1 in 4 Medical Students Is Depressed

Well this isn’t good.
Mental Health

The Active Ingredient In Ecstasy Could Be Used to Treat PTSD

It’s in the make it or break it stage right now.
Sexual Health + Identity

The Scary Reason You Should Probably Stop Shaving Your Pubes

Put down the razor.
Health

Sailor Brinkley Cook Perfectly Explains How to Love Your Body AND Watch the VS Fashion Show

This is why we love her.
Sexual Health + Identity

Everyone In Tove Lo’s Band Has a Vagina Jacket

Or a “vajacket,” if you will.
Health

Amputees Explain the Phantom Pains They Feel From Their Missing Body Parts

"#MyPhantomPain feels like lightning bolts shooting up and down my residual limb.”
Sexual Health + Identity

An Accused Rapist’s Dad Said His Son Is Too GOOD LOOKING For Sexual Assault

He blamed the girls instead.
Fitness

Nina Dobrev Tried Out TWO Extreme Sports

Spoiler alert: it seems like she really likes to take flight.
Sexual Health + Identity

This Video Explains EXACTLY What to Do If You’ve Been Exposed to HIV

This is too important not to talk about.
Sexual Health + Identity

This Woman Used 10,000 Rainbow Christmas Lights to Clap Back At Her Homophobic Neighbor

Pride at its finest.
Sexual Health + Identity

Anna Kendrick Just Shut Down Chris Evans's Sexual Assault Comment

And it was flawless.
Health

The Cory Monteith 'Autopsy' Special Reveals New Details About His Tragic Death

Experts weigh in on his final days.
Mental Health

A Teen Shot Herself In Front Of Her Family After Being Cyberbullied for Years

This is so tragic.
Health

Iskra Lawrence Is Starting Her OWN Body Positivity CLASS

So you can officially be a body posi badass like her.
Health

This Woman Was Asleep for SIX MONTHS Due to "Sleeping Beauty" Syndrome

It’s no fairy tale disorder.
Mental Health

THIS Can Help You Beat Your Social Anxiety

It’s actually really easy.
Health

These Teens Made Martin Shkreli's $750 HIV Drug for $2 a Pop

Groundbreaking.
Sexual Health + Identity

Teens in China "Think Abortion Is Like Taking a Nap"

And HIV/AIDS transmission rates are skyrocketing.
Sexual Health + Identity

A Five-Month Old PUPPY Saved a Teen From Attempted Rape

This pup is a hero.
Mental Health

How Starring in ‘Hairspray' Helped This Actress Love Her Body

“There’s self-love in almost every scene.”